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What is the adverb for defy?

What's the adverb for defy? Here's the word you're looking for.

defiantly
  1. In a defiant manner.
  2. Misspelling of definitely.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. truculently, aggressively, belligerently, cruelly, ferociously, savagely, disobediently, recalcitrantly, rebelliously, refractorily, insubordinately, intractably, unrulily, waywardly, contumaciously, contrarily, wilfully, ungovernably, willfully, obstreperously, unmanageably, frowardly, uncontrollably, balkily, difficultly, restively, fractiously, untowardly, stubbornly, disorderlily, undisciplinedly, mutinously, headstrongly, obstinately, uncooperatively, perversely, stroppily, bellicosely, wildly, hostilely, pugnaciously, unyieldingly, antagonistically, combatively, incorrigibly, resistantly, quarrelsomely, militantly, confrontationally, argumentatively … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “When the student workers clocked out, this group was still defiantly seated in the same place, tables still soiled.”
      “On the other hand, religious conservative monogenists such as de Salle could be more defiantly anti-colonialist.”
      “Its gun-ports were visible even at this distance, and a flag, unidentifiable, waved defiantly atop the mainmast.”
defyingly
  1. With defiance.
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